Two full-length feature films, a short film and a documentary from Bangladesh, were selected in the Delhi based Indus Valley International Film Festival (IVIFF).

De | Real, A digital collaborative project created by 26 multidisciplinary Bangladeshi collaborators from different parts of the globe, will reflect and question the ethos of our new realities. Organised from July 15 to 28, this exhibition is a part of an ongoing curatorial research by Kehkasha Sabah, an Independent curator and researcher from Bangladesh.

“I’ve been through a lot in life,” said an adamant Alif Alauddin over the phone. The artiste, a guardian for young musicians and arguably the face of musical anchoring, has been silently fighting sever kidney issues over the last 10 years. Now, eighty percent of her kidney is damaged. However, outside of her family, no one knew about it, until recently.

A body recovered from a lake in California is that of missing “Glee” actress Naya Rivera, officials said on Monday. “We are confident the body we found is that of Naya Rivera,” Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told a news conference on the shore of Lake Piru near Los Angeles.

Dhaka based artists Amirul Rajiv, Bashir Ahmed Sujan and Naim Ul Hasan were invited by the Swiss artists Anna Gallati, Oscar Lussi and Julian Blum to participate in a joint project, in which they took twenty photographs daily for seven days. The result of their collaboration was the group photo exhibition, ‘Dhaka_Lucerne’, which opened on July 10 at Teiggi Studio and Exhibition Space in Kriens, Lucerne, Switzerland.

While 'genre-free' bands have existed for quite a while, it is Grooveyard-- a project by Ashifur Rahman Chowdhury, Zunayed Sabbir Ahmed and Dewan Anamul Hasan – that truly solidified its merit in the context of this country.

American actress Kelly Preston who has appeared in films including “Jerry Maguire” and “Twins”, has died aged 57 after battling breast cancer for nearly two years, her husband, John Travolta, announced in an Instagram post late on Sunday.

Celebrated actor Jaya Ahsan has won multiple awards, both at home and abroad, over the years. Recently, she won the Films and Frames Digital Film Award (Bangla) for ‘Trendsetting Performance of the Year’ for her role as speech therapist Dr Romilla Chowdhury, in Konttho.

The music app Shadhin is set to launch Patalpur, a first of its kind audio crime thriller series, in August. An official teaser of the series was released on July 10 on Shadin’s social media platforms. The crime thriller podcast will feature one-hour episodes, weekly.

The Bulbul Ahmed Award was established by the Bulbul Ahmed Foundation Trust (BAFT) in 2016 in fond memory of renowned actor Bulbul Ahmed, who passed away on July 15, 2010. Veteran actor Mirana Zaman received the Bulbul Ahmed Award this year.

The third installment of the weekly contest, Cartoon People Gaan-Toon Caricature Challenge, organised by Cartoon People, was held online recently. Young and established artists from all over the nation submitted caricatures of renowned singer and journalist Elita Karim.

The third and fourth floors of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) are set to be demolished to make way for a new, fifteen-storeyed building.

Hanif Sanket remembers eminent singer Andrew Kishore as a humble person, who never acted like the superstar that he was.

We recently lost one of Bangladesh’s most recognisable voices with the demise of Andrew Kishore. Having started his playback singing career with the 1977 film Mail Train, Kishore went on to lend his voice to thousands of songs, in the span of over four decades.

Andrew Kaku’s wedding reception was in Dhaka and I attended the ceremony with my parents. I was very young, but I remember that day vividly.

Eminent singer Runa Laila was among the many who paid tributes to Andrew Kishore over social media, after the news of his demise.

‘Love for Chattogram’, an initiative of some established artistes and business personalities of Chattogram, recently provided medical equipment to several hospitals in the port city. They provided oxygen cylinders, PPE and masks to the frontline fighters serving in the medical profession in the district.

Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) authorities and leaders of several film organisations held a meeting on July 9, with various demands. During the meeting, they unanimously decided that no one will be allowed to stay inside the BFDC, except for shooting or dubbing purposes, after 8 pm. All the associations have to follow this rule.

Film and television actor Shopon Siddiqui passed away at the age of 61 at 12:30 noon today, according to S A Haque Alik, General Secretary, Directors' Guild.

Two members in a shooting unit tested positive for COVID-19, recently.